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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Items of News Albury Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 2

[?] Albury man, Luke Gulson, of [?] street, Is in Wangaratta hospital with a leg broken in three [?] as a result of a toad accident…

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Was It Really an Accident? (Contributed by the Health Department)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 July 1947 · page 3

"Don't do that" is an expression we begin to dislike in childhood. In some case the objection grows with the years, and…

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Woman Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 2

Whilst riding her bicycle along Olive st. at 8 o’clock last night. Mrs R. Sutherland, of 301 Olive st., Albury, ran into a dog at the corner of Ebden st. She…

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Unusual Accident Near Yarrawonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 July 1947 · page 2

With his foot caught in a harrows. Mr J. F. Quinn. of Telford, near Yarrawonga, suffered shock and extensive bruises to the legs and hips when he…

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Car and Truck ln Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

A sedan car driven by Mr. E. Eberbath engineer of Windouran Shire Council, was badly damaged when it was struck on the side by a utility…

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Young Man Killed at Holbrook Fatal Accident Whilst on Holidays

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 July 1947 · page 1

When a concrete waiter tank burst at “Kanimbla,” Holbrook, the properly of Mr John Ross, yesterday afternoon, George Harflete Marshall,…

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Motorist Arrested After Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 July 1947 · page 2

A motorist has been arrested by Wagga police and charged with negligent driving and failing to stop after an accident. He was allegedly the…

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Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 July 1947 · page 2

Road accidents are occurring at the rate of 32 a day 111 New South Wales, according to the latest figures issued by the Road Safety Council. Two…

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Wagga Trainer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 8

When Mira Marconi slipped and fell with him near the Moorong st. entrance to the Wagga racecourse on Monday morning, well-known Wagga…

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Scene of Yesterday’s Fatality

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 1

This photograph was taken yesterday morning of a train about to pass over the spot where an express train had killed a young man Kenneth Morrow, shortly before. The Albury Grammar School sports oval is seen in the background…

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Train Kills Ex-serviceman Fatality at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 1

A young Albury man who left home yesterday morning at 7 o’clock, apparently to go to work as usual, was killed by a Sydney express…

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District News Yarrawonga Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 July 1947 · page 6

A motor cur driven by Mr C. McCol of Telford st. was slightly damaged when struck by a light trailer. The accident occurred near Burramine. No…

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Footballer Breaks Wrist in Car Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 July 1947 · page 2

One of Walla’s star footballers. Beau Schulz, had his wrist broken in a collision this week between a car in which he was riding and a truck. Two…

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Destroyer in Collision HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), T[?]

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 2

Five navy men were killed [?] teen were injured and sue are [?] as a result of a collision between [?] Canadian destroyer Micmac and [?]…

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44 Children and Four Teachers Drowned When Pleasure Boat Sinks LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 1

Reuter’s correspondent in Milan says that 44 Milan school children and four women teachers, while on holiday, were drowned Albenga, on the Italian Riviera, when a pleasure boat struck a German anti-submarine trap. The boat sank rapidly…

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Two Ski-ing Accidents at Kosciusko KOSCIUSKO

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1947 · page 5

There have been two more accidents at Kosciusko. While ski-ing. Miss Maynell Crothers. an entertainer at the Chalet, broke her…

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Actress Injured; Horse Shies at Snake HOLLYWOOD

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 July 1947 · page 1

The actress Joan Fontaine and the horse she was riding fell down a 30 foot embankment in the Santa Monica Mountains today when the horse shied…

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Religious Sister and Would-Be Rescuer Drowned PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 3

A sister of a nursing order of the Catholic Church and a would-be rescuer were drowned near Trigg Island, near Perth, yesterday…

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Two Women Hurt in Car-Truck Collision SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 July 1947 · page 2

Two Melbourne women [?] from Melbourne to Sydney were [?] when their car collided head-[?] with a heavy transport at [?]…

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“P.M.’s Plane Not Near to Collision” Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 July 1947 · page 1

Archerfield air officials, the Prime Minister’s pilot and Mr Chifley himself tonight expressed amazement at report that Mr Chifley’s Dakota…

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